THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO - May 18 - July 13, 2013
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May 18, 2013
OPERA: Simon Boccanegra (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Boccanegra Thomas Hampson
Fiesco Ferruccio Furlanetto
Amelia Krassimira Stoyanova
Adorno Frank Lopardo
Paolo Quinn Kelsey
Pietro Evan Boyer
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Elijah Moshinsky
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
May 25, 2013
OPERA: Werther (in French)
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
CAST:
Werther Matthew Polenzani
Charlotte Sophie Koch
Sophie Kiri Deonarine
Albert Craig Verm
Bailiff Philip Kraus
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Francisco Negrin
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
June 1, 2013
OPERA: Don Pasquale (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
CAST:
Don Pasquale Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Norina Marlis Petersen
Ernesto René Barbera
Malatesta Corey Crider
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Lord
STAGE DIRECTOR: Sir Thomas Allen
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright and Valerie Maze
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 40 minutes
June 8, 2013
Please Note: This week, we present a double bill…Elektra and Hansel & Gretel.
OPERA: Elektra (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
CAST:
Elektra Christine Goerke
Chrysothemis Emily Magee
Clytemnestra Jill Grove
Orestes Alan Held
Aegisthus Roger Honeywell
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: David McVicar
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright
OPERA: Hansel & Gretel (in German)
COMPOSER: Engelbert Humperdinck
CAST:
Hansel Elizabeth DeShong
Gretel Maria Kanyova
Witch Jill Grove
Mother Julie Makerov
Father Brian Mulligan
CONDUCTOR: Ward Stare
STAGE DIRECTOR Eric Einhorn
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 4 hours
June 15, 2013
OPERA: La Boheme (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
CAST:
Mimì Anna Netrebko
Rodolfo Joseph Calleja
Musetta Elizabeth Futral
Marcello Lucas Meachem
Colline Andrea Silvestrelli
Schaunard Joseph Lim
Benoit/Alcindoro Dale Travis
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuel Villaume
STAGE DIRECTOR: Louisa Muller
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 30 minutes
June 22, 2013
OPERA: Die Meistersinger (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Hans Sachs James Morris
Stolzing Johan Botha
Eva Amanda Majeski
Beckmesser Bo Skovhus
David David Portillo
Magdalene Jamie Barton
Pogner Dimitry Ivashchenko
Kothner Darren Jeffery
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Marie Lambert
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 5 hours
June 29, 2013
OPERA: Rigoletto (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Rigoletto Zelko Lucic
Gilda Albina Shagimuratova
Duke Giuseppe Filianoti
Sparafucile Andrea Silvestrelli
Maddalena Nicole Piccolomini
Monterone Todd Thomas
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
STAGE DIRECTOR: Stephen Barlow
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 30 minutes
July 6, 2013
OPERA: A Streetcar Named Desire (in English)
COMPOSER: Andre Previn
CAST:
Blance DuBois Renee Fleming
Stella Kowalski Susannah Philips
Stanley Kowalski Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell Anthony Dean Griffey
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
STAGE DIRECTOR: Brad Dalton
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
July 13, 2013
VPR'S American Musical Sampler
An afternoon of Broadway show music
LA OPERA Broadcast Schedule - Summer 2013
July 20, 2013
OPERA: THE TWO FOSCARI (I Due Foscari) (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Barbarigo, A Senator Ben Bliss
Jacopo Loredano Ievegen Orlov
Officer of Council of Ten Omar Crook
Jacopo Foscari Francesco Meli
Lucrezia Contarini Marina Poplavskaya
Pisana Tracy Cox
Francesco Foscari Placido Domingo
Servant of the Doge Hunter Phillips
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Thaddeus Strassberger
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
& CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
Approx Length: 2 hours
July 27, 2013
OPERA: THE STIGMATIZED (in German)
COMPOSER: Franz Schreker
CAST:
Carlotta Nardi Anja Kampe
Alviano Salvago Robert Brubaker
Count Tamare Martin Gantner
Duke Adorno James Johnson
Lodovico Nardi Wolfgang Schöne
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Ian Judge
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
Approx Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
August 3, 2013
OPERA: Madama Butterfly (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
CAST:
Cio-Cio-San Oksana Dyka
B.F. Pinkerton Brandon Jovanovich
Suzuki Milena Kitic
Sharpless Eric Owens
Goro Rodell Rosel
Bonze Stefan Szkafarowsky
Prince Yamadori Museop Kim
Kate Pinkerton D'Ana Lombard
Imperial Commissioner Gabriel Vamvulescu
Official Registrar Hunter Phillips
CONDUCTOR: Grant Gershon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Ron Daniels
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gerson
Approx Length: 3 hours
August 10, 2013
OPERA: The Flying Dutchman (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
The Dutchman Tomas Tomasson
Senta Elisabete Matos
Erik Corey Bix
Daland James Creswell
Steersman Matthew Pienk
Mary Ronnita Nicole Miller
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
& CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
Approx Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
August 17, 2013
OPERA: Cinderella (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
CAST:
Angelina/Cinderella Kate Lindsey
Prince Ramiro René Barbera
Dandini Vito Priante
Don Magnifico Alessandro Corbelli
Alidoro Nicola Ulivieri
Clorinda Stacey Tappan
Tisbe Ronnita Nicole Miller
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
STAGE DIRECTOR: Joan Font
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA
Approx Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
August 24, 2013
OPERA: Tosca (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
CAST:
Floria Tosca Sondra Radvanovsky
Mario Cavaradoss Marco Berti
Baron Scarpia Lado Ataneli
Cesare Angelotti Joshua Bloom
The Sacristan Philip Cokorinos
Spoletta Rodell Rosel
Shepherd Child Eden McCoy
CONDUCTOR: Plácido Domingo
STAGE DIRECTOR: John Caird
LA OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
& CHORUS MASTER: Grant Gershon
Approx. Length: 3 hours
The San Francisco Opera Summer/Fall Broadcast Schedule
August 31, 2013
OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Brünnhilde Nina Stemme
Wotan Mark Delavan
Sieglinde Eva-Maria Westbroek
Siegmund Christopher Ventris
Fricka Janina Baechle
Hunding Raymond Aceto
CONDUCTOR: Donald Runnicles
STAGE DIRECTOR: Francesca Zambello
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA
Approx Length: 3hours 50 minutes
September 7, 2013
OPERA: THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES
(in Italian)
COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
CAST:
Giulietta Nicole Cabell
Romeo Joyce DiDonato
Tebaldo Saimir Pirgu
Lorenzo Ao Li
Capellio Eric Owens
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Frizza
STAGE DIRECTOR: Vincent Boussard
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 3 hours
September 14, 2013
OPERA: MOBY-DICK (in English)
COMPOSER: Jake Heggie
LIBRETTO: Gene Scheer
CAST:
Greenhorn (Ishmael) Stephen Costello
Captain Ahab Jay Hunter Morris
Starbuck Morgan Smith
Queequeg Jonathan Lemalu
Pip Talise Trevigne
Flask Matthew O'Neill
Stubb Robert Orth
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Leonard Foglia
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
September 21, 2013
OPERA: MAGIC FLUTE (in English)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CAST:
Pamina Heidi Stober
Tamino Alek Shrader
Papageno Nathan Gunn
The Queen of the Night Albina Shagimuratova
Sarastro Kristinn Sigmundsson
CONDUCTOR: Rory Macdonald
STAGE DIRECTOR: Harry Silverstein
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
September 28, 2013
OPERA: LOHENGRIN (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Lohengrin Brandon Jovanovich
Elsa von Brabant Camilla Nylund
Ortrud Petra Lang
Friedrich von Telramund Gerd Grochowski
Heinrich der Vogler Kristinn Sigmundsson
King's Herald Brian Mulligan
CONDUCTOR: Nicola Luisotti
STAGE DIRECTOR: Daniel Slater
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
October 5, 2013
OPERA: COSI FAN TUTTE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CAST:
Fiordiligi Ellie Dehn
Dorabella Christel Lötzsch
Despina Heidi Stober
Ferrando Francesco Demuro
Guglielmo Philippe Sly
Don Alfonso Marco Vinco
CONDUCTOR: Nicola Luisotti
STAGE DIRECTOR: Jose Maria Condemi
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
October 12, 2013
OPERA: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (in French)
COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
CAST:
Hoffmann Matthew Polenzani
Olympia Hye Jung Lee
Antonia Natalie Dessay
Giulietta Irene Roberts
Stella Jennifer Cherest
Nicklausse Alice Coote
Coppélius, Dapertutto
Dr. Miracle, Lindorf Christian Van Horn
Frantz, Andrès, Cochenille
Pittichinaccio Steven Cole
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Fournillier
STAGE DIRECTOR: Laurent Pelly
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 3 hours 45 minutes
October 19, 2013
OPERA: THE GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALENE (in English)
COMPOSER/LIBRETTIST: Mark Adamo
CAST:
Mary Magdalene Sasha Cooke
Miriam Maria Kanyova
Peter William Burden
Yeshua Nathan Gunn
CONDUCTOR: Michael Christie
STAGE DIRECTOR: Kevin Newbury
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ian Robertson
Approx Length: 3 hours
October 26, 2013
OPERA: LUISA MILLER (In Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO: Salvadore Cammarano
CAST:
Laura Gwendolyn Jones
Miller Louis Quilico
Luisa Katia Ricciarelli
Rodolfo Luciano Pavarotti
Wurm Dieter Weller
Count Walter Giorgio Tozzi
Federica Huguette Tourangeau
A Peasant Joseph Frank
CONDUCTOR: Jesus Lopez-Cabos
DIRECTOR: Beppe de Tomasi
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Byron Dean Ryan
Approx Length: tba
The Houston Grand Opera Fall Schedule
November 2, 2013
OPERA: The Italian Girl in Algiers (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
CAST:
Isabella Daniela Barcellona
Lindoro Lawrence Brownlee
Mustafa Patrick Carfizzi
Taddeo Daniel Belcher
Elvira Lauren Snouffer
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Rizzi
STAGE DIRECTOR: Joan Font
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 3 hours
November 9, 2013
OPERA: Il Trovatore (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Leonora Tamara Wilson
Manrico Marco Berti
Azucena Dolora Zajick
Count di Luna Tómas Tómasson
Ferrando Peixin Chen
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Stephen Lawless
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
November 16, 2013
OPERA: Xerxes (in Italian)
COMPOSER: George Frederic Handel
CAST:
Serse (Xerxes) Susan Graham
Romilda Laura Claycomb
Arsamene (Arsamenes) David Daniels
Amastre (Amastris) Sonia Prina
Atalanta Heidi Stober
Ariodate (Ariodates) Philip Cutlip
Elviro Adam Cioffari
CONDUCTOR: William Lacey
STAGE DIRECTOR: Michael Walling
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 3 hours
November 23, 2013
OPERA: Don Giovanni (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CAST:
Don Giovanni Adrian Eröd
Leporello Kyle Ketelsen
Donna Anna Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Donna Elvira Veronika Dzhioeva
Don Ottavio Joel Prieto
Zerlina Malin Christensson
Masetto Michael Sumuel
Commendatore Morris Robinson
CONDUCTOR Trevor Pinnock
STAGE DIRECTOR Harry Silverstein
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
CHORUS DIRECTOR Craig Kier
Approx. Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
November 30, 2013
OPERA: Tristan and Isolde (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Isolde Nina Stemme
Tristan Ben Heppner
Brangaene Claudia Mahnke
Kurwenal Ryan McKinny
King Marke Christof Fischesser
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
STAGE DIRECTOR: Christof Loy
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 3 hours 45 minutes
